Negotiable instrument



H. c. BoscHEN. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATl-ON FILED JUNE 3| 1920- Patend Mar. 22, 1921.

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HERMANE. BOSCHEN, F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT.

Application filed .Tune 3, 192. Serial No. 386,349.

To @ZZ whom it Amay concern: y* p Be it lrnoivn that I, HERMAN t. .iosorinm a. citizen ot the United States, residing at Richmond, in the .county of Henrico and Sta-te of Virginia, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in lYegotiable ln struments; and l do hereby declare the `following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip- `tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 'Which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in negotiable instruments and more particu larly to checks.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a shopping check to berused asa medium of purchase When a direct cash consideration is not made, and it 'is to be einployed in lieu oi ordinary credit transactions.`

With the novel check forming the subjecty matter of the present invention, a purchaser may buy an article :trom a dealer and give the merchant his shoppcrs check for the amount of the purchase. This check Will be post-dated, for example, thirty days from the date or' the transaction, and thus the buyer will obtain thirty days credit with out the merchant having to enter the transaction on his books or send a bill to the customer.

The invention is more specifically set forth in the following' detailed description, which should be read in connection with the ac companying drawing. v Y

The drawing shows a front view oit the preferred form oi. the check.

ln the drawing, 1 represents a `check blank, which is provided on the front face 'with a delineated number space 2; a delineatedpost-dating` space 3; a designated space 4i to receive the numerical. amount for which the check is drawn; a designated space 5 to permit illing in the name of the bank in which the purchaser deposits or is to deposit his funds; printed matter 6 authorizinp, or ordering the bank to pay the amount set forth in the check; a delineated space 7 to receive the Written or printed name of the dealer to Whom the amount of the check is to be paid; a designated space 8 to receive the Written amount ior which the check is drawn; printed matter 9 orderingn the bank to charge the amount of the check against the account of the maker; a space 10 to receive the makers signature; a designated space l1 for the makers address;

printed matter 12 indicating' that the check` is a shopperscheclr, and adelineated space 13 to be filled in with the date of the purchase or transaction.

The ends of the check, as indicated at 14,

specification @f1-etten Patent Patented War. 22, 1921. i

are provided. `with a stiifening substance. I

corrugations, or other means to notify han dlers of a large number ont checks, that said check is not an ordinary check. The stili ening material or other indicating' means will indicate to thetouch oi the handler,

that said check is a shoppers check and must be set aside until the post-date arrives before it can be cashed. Thusthe cashier or other person. handling a great number o'l checks Will be enabled to segregate the shoppers checks Without examining each check with his eyes. v

Instead of leaving the space 5 blank, a. merchant may have a number of checks pre pared with the names of the various banks in his city printed in this space, so that he may furnish the purchaser With a check on the particular institution in` which the purchaser banks.

The merchant may also have his name printed in the space 7 to relieve the purchaser o'lwriting in the name of the payee and in suchcase the printed matter 15 would, of course, be deleted.

In the use of the novel check, a purchaser .selects the goods he desires to buy and if he does not Wish to pay cash for the same, he uses a shoppers check, and post-dates the same for the time When the merchant is y to receive cash forthe check.

lIt is believed that the present check will educate the public to save and open bank accounts and will be a means of increasing the business of merchants and banks.

` The customer may use the check in lieu oi an open account and secure credit While at the same time closing the transaction with the merchant.

The shoppers check Will also teach the public to avoid buying on credit, and will save the expense oi charge records. The use of shoppers checks will enable the purchaser to readily secure` a short term of credit, and cause him toopen a bank ac count. The invention will, permit a transaction to be closed at the time of purchase and eliminate the necessity oi:` sendinfr checks to pay bills. It will also enable the purchaser to keep a complete record of extion.

VVshopping purposes, the check When made out7 to be paid on andate subsequent to that of the transaction in which it is used, said blank having a designated post date space for lling in a future date upon Which the check is to be paidby a` bank or depository y upon" which 1t is drawn, matter on said blank directing a particular bank or de.-

pository to pay the amount of the check, de-V lineated spaces adapted to be filled in with Ytheraniount for which thecheck is drawn,

anda signature space to receive the signa-v ture of the maker.

2. A check blank especially adapted for shopping purposes. the check when .made

Iout, to be paid on a date subsequent to that of the transaction in which it is used, said blank having a designated post date space for filling in a future date upon which the check Ais to be paid by a bank or depositorj,v upon Which it is drawn, matter on said blank directing a particular bank or depository to pay the amount of the check, de-

lineated spaces adapted to be filled `in with the amount for which the check is drawn` a signature space to receive the signature ol'A the maker, and a designated space l'or filling in the date of the shopping transactimi.

3. A. check blank especially adapted `for shopping purposes, the check when made out, to be paid on a date subsequent to that of the transaction. in which it is used, said blank having a delineated post date space A for filling in a future date upon which the check is to be paid by a bank or depository upon which it may be drawn and a signature space, and being provided with means. perceptible to the touch of a handler, diiierentiating the said check from ordinary conimercial paper.

In testimonyT Whereotl I aiix my sifrnature.

HERMAN c. Boseiinu 

